HARDWOOD RECORD 



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ure trip to Europe, returned 1 li.- latter part of 

 September. Mr. Davenport was accompanied by 

 his wife. 



Wanen \v. c'uoper of Suffield, Conn . died re- 

 cently at the home of his brother, Iir. Charles F. 

 Cooper, in Westfield. .\i an early age be en- 

 tered the coal business and later added the lum- 

 ber business. Mr. Cooper is survived by a wl 

 and two brothers. 



Palmer, Parker & Co. have been quite busy at 

 their plant in < harlestown, Mass. This company 



manufactures veneers and fancy bardw Is for 



cabinets. 



Gardiner I. Jones of the Jones Hardwood Com- 

 pany has returned from an extended western trip 

 to the Pacific coast. 



Henry J. Arnold of Adams, Mass., died at his 

 home. Sept. 22, at the age of 7^ years, lie was 

 born in Adams, Aug. 20, 1833. His father opei 

 ated one of the first sawmills erected in that 

 town. After Mr. Arnold had finished school he 

 bought his father's mill. In 18T3 he built the 

 first steam sawmill erected in that section of the 

 country. In the early '80s Mr. Arnold was forced 

 to assign. His creditors agreed to settle for 50 

 cents on the dollar. He insisted upon paying the 

 ."id cents and in giving his notes for the balance, 

 payable in five years. These notes were all re- 

 deemed. In 1896 he took his sons into partner- 

 ship and less than a month before he died had 

 retired from active business. 



Bogert & Hopper of New York have taken a 

 factory at Bellows Kails. Vt. They will manu 

 facture lock corner wooden boxes. 



As a result of the destruction of the Vail 

 Light & Lumber Company's plant at Manchester, 

 Vt.. by fire Sept. 8. A. L. Graves of Man- 

 chester Centre, president of the Factory Point 

 National Bank, and J. B. Whipple, a teller in 

 the bank, have made an assignment. Botli Mr. 

 (Jraves and Mr. Whipple were closely associated 

 with the lumber company. Very little insurance 

 was carried at the time of the fire. 



The report that Wilbur <;. l'iske of Upton, 

 Mass., was to remove his plant to Northbridge is 

 denied by Mr. Fiske. He has recently purchased 

 a tract of land there, but for the present will 

 use it for storage purposes. 



Frank Lawrence of Lawrence & WIggIn, Bos- 

 ton, has returned from a trip to New York and 

 Philadelphia. 



Bartlett & Stevenson have purchased the Bar- 

 ney Phelps mill in Lancaster, Mass. They will 

 build a new shop 00x40 feet, two stories in 

 height, and will engage in the manufacture of 

 chairs and toys. 



The stockholders of T. H. Buck & Co. have 

 petitioned for a dissolution. This corporation 

 made a voluntary assignment last spring and 

 since then Theodore H. Buck has died. The 

 business has been discontinued and the lumber 

 was sold several months ago to the comparatively 

 new company of Pope & Cottle, Chelsea. Mass 



The Taunton Planing Company. Taunton, 

 Mass., recently incorporated, has removed to it- 

 new quarters. It previously did business under 

 the name of Crowley & Dixon. 



Otto Lachmund of Chicago, representing the 

 Lamb Hardwood Lumber Company of Memphis. 

 Tenn.. was a recent visitor to Boston, 



New York. 



The annual meeting of the New York Lumber 

 Trade Association will be held at its room 

 Broadway, Oct. 11, preceded by a luncheon served 

 by Delmonico. The approaching meeting 

 pletes the nineteenth year of this progn 

 organization and all indications point to 



ord-breaking attendance. The past year has 1 11 



one of much importance in its work and it has 

 accomplished a great deal of good fol 

 hers. lis membership comprises practically all 

 the retailers and many wholesalers doing business 

 111 the metropolitan district. 



w. E. Uptegrove of W. E. Uptegrove a 

 has just sold the Isle of Man and l'u 

 situated between Chowan and Roanefc 

 near Windsor. N. C, for a consideration 



""" I «'!.• purchased for their tlm- 



ilue, for whl.h reason they were held long 

 by Mr. Optegrove, 



Charles E. Page has withdrawn from tie- w 

 sale lirm 01 Aicott ft Co. and has engaged ill the 

 lumber business a je ft Co., 1170 B 



way The new tirm will handle a full line of 



flooring, hardwood and general tun 

 stocks. 



James Sherlock Davis, 1 the New 



STork Lumber Trade 



Austin ,v Ireland Lumber Company, 



Brooklyn, has been mentioned as a possible 

 dldate on the Demo. rati, ticket for president of 

 1I1. Borough of Brooklyn at the Novem 



Mr. I ia \is has many friends in both whole- 

 ind retail circles Who would like to see him 

 so honored. 



R. II. Downman, the distinguished cypress 

 manufacturer of New Orleans, is spending sev 

 era I .lavs in New York on a pleasure trip. 



J. li. Wall of the Buffalo Hardwood Lumber 

 Company, Buffalo, was in New York last 

 to get in touch with business conditions in this 

 vicinity. lie reports hardwood trade as ver\ 

 satisfactory and looks for a continuance ..1 good 

 business. 



J. Q. Barker of the Kanawha Hardwood Com 

 pany, Andrews, N. C, was this week on one of 

 his periodical selling trips to the metropolis and 

 other eastern points. Mr. Barker Is one .1' those 

 rare optimistic spirits which it is always a 

 pleasure to meet and is still "bulling" hard- 

 wood and the business outlook. 



Lelaud G. Banning, the well known Cincinnati 

 hardwood wholesaler and exporter, was a promi- 

 nent visitor this week. 



John B. Kansom, head of the Nashville Hard- 

 wood Flooring Company and .1. 1;. Ransom & Co., 

 arrived from Europe on Sept. 23 with Mrs. ISan- 

 som and family, after a two mouths' European 

 nip, during which they spent most of their 

 time in London and Paris. They were met here 

 by Mr. Wilson, son-in-law of Mr. Hansom, who 

 is manager of the Nashville Hardwood Flooring 

 Company. Mr. Wilson has just concluded a two 

 weeks' stay at Red Sulphur Springs. Va. 



Two foreign visitors arrived last week to visit 

 producing points throughout the country. They 

 w.re N. A. Wright of c. Leary vV Co., London. 

 a,„| 1, w Greaves 01 R. 1I Williams ft 1 .... Llv 



erpool. 



M. F. Uitteuhouse of Rlttenhouse ft Embree, 

 large maple flooring manufacturers of Chh 

 has been visiting some of the firm's customers in 



the local district during the past week. 



E. 1'.. Kepner ol the Hoj 1 .\ W In Mao 



taring Company, Memphis, Tenn.. is ai the local 

 office of the company, 1 Broadway, for a month - 

 staj going over matters at this end of the line. 



L. A Kelsey of the Kelsey-Dennls Lumber 

 Company, North Tonawanda, N. v. was here 



during the fortnight l" 1 1 bis BOB on thi 



ter's return from a European tour. 



II. A. Singer, w bo looks alter the li 

 ,.,, ,.1 the American Hardwood Lun 

 ]i;1 „, • ■ to U2-'.)S St. No ' 



avenue, where he has lea- iious guar 



George 1». Burgess of Russs a Be Mem 



ibis, was ill town last week lor a C0U f days 



n a siay at Atlantii 1 Its and 



other pleasure resorts. Mi- Bl 

 nied him. but the pleasure 



-ii.ld.-u death 

 mother, which necessitated an immediate return 

 to Memphis. 



,n .v Dewey, Flatlron Building, b 

 a little flyer on Pai U il " v '' 



000 feet of big iir tim- 

 bers which are due to arrive at this po 



1! 1. 



larr ft Mills 1 



Building, returned s few aaj 

 a ,,,,, rip to hardwood mill 



rel ">' strong at sup] 



with everv Indication of an acl 

 hard« I tor the balan f the yesr. 



L. P. II.. bought .an ib- :... al branch 



of til- Indiana I. nmi. upun\ at 



Thin . , which he 



opened for them early in tbe inr and In now 



In the loo 1 & 



Lumber Company at Indiana polls .1- 1 



holder. 



Bui a ot the 1 1 rB ln I. urn 



bei Company, Seymour, Ind., was m town this 



w.-.-k. Mr Swain i> well know hard 



w I buyers in this 1 Iclnlty. 



It. '1'. 1 ftoper ot Mo- ( ',,, bran loo 



Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs per and 



were here ibis v.. 

 Cooper li.. -■• ai 



Lewis Doster, Hardwood 



Mannl 



arrived In town Ibis week preparatory to sail 



ing for tan.. 1 n a business .11.1 pleasure 'rip 



Baltimore. 



The in - 1 hi 1 1 1 \ ti] 



-1 M.-iulav, the managing 

 committee onlj and 



n was afterward stated that routine business 



1 ransai '.-.1 A matter thai 

 engaging an. -1110111 ai this time 1- no- ipp 

 in- hi 1.1 a hardwood committee which shnli 

 work under the auspices and authority of tlie 

 exchange ami deal with all matters relating to 



Ibis division ..I tb trad. The proposition has 



111.-1 with general favor, and tbe applications 

 for membership on the committee have been 

 numerous, so that this body will probably be 

 much larger than was at tirst contemplated. 

 its make-up will be announced In a few days 



Kisenhauer. Ma. I. .a ft I pplled for 



a permit foi tb. erection of a big lumber shed 



on the property acquired some time ag 1 



Canton and Central avenues, w-.rk to com 



in. 0. . as - is tie- permit is issued \- 



prevlonaly stated in this correspondence, 1 

 hauer. Ma. I. .a ft Co. will be compelled r.. tnovi 

 the ..Id yard being included In the area to be 

 taken up by the projected pier No. f. The firm 

 expects t.. transfer it- office t.. tb.- new yard 

 about tb.- first ..r n.xt year. 



Walter sharp of Churchill \ Bin, Lea 



was a visitor here la«t week hi il in 



a tour which be Is making through the Umber 

 regions of tb.- United Btates and to the leading 

 lumber markets. 



Another 1 aller was G v\ Greaves f R 11 

 Williams ft Co., Liverpool Mi ailed 



upon many ol the trade here and then pro 

 ith. 



Other visitors to Baltimore during the past 

 tVu ,1 William Webb ll.-nrit/e ,.f the 



Webb 1. b.r Company, Welch, w 



w r Abbott, the York. Ps., rep r — sntstlvi 

 the ituinii.irg.r 1. umber Company. 



Louis Becker, the rctlrlni; Vicegerent Bi 



tutted nrd.r ot HOC 'I who 



attended the cu. atenatloii at Ton 

 has return.. I home lull ..1 etiii 

 Pacific cast and Its people 



II.,, QUI, a bn William 



and Edward P. C.lll of the widely known lum 



led at hlii 

 s park avenue, iuiip uibfr 



n the forty third 



11 falllns for <■ 

 lie leaves 1 ■ If* and two dan. 

 had many friends mo. .-wed 



at hi 



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